They are unknown to the general public.
However, the joint joint committees (CMP) intervene regularly during the parliamentary shuttle.
Their goal: to allow elected officials to find an agreement between the two chambers when the text voted in each of them is not similar.
Very often, these meetings, which bring together seven deputies and seven senators of all sensibilities according to their political weight in each assembly, also lead to a consensus.
According to the site of the National Assembly, despite political alternations, two out of three CMPs have been "conclusive" since 1959, when they were born.
In the event of agreement, the text then returns to the two chambers and is the subject of a final vote.
“These meetings take place behind closed doors, without witnesses.
They sometimes last several hours, without a camera, the parliamentarians are therefore not in the position.
They can exchange more freely and come to an agreement more easily”
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